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RESEARCH at UC Santa Cruz announces
A WORKSHOP ON ELLIPSIS
FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 17TH SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 18TH BAYTREE CONFERENCE CENTER, ROOM D
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Ellipsis (silence where one might expect a linguistic expression)
is a pervasive and mysterious aspect of the design of natural
language. Study of its properties has raised profound questions
about the relation between form and meaning, and the relation
between meaning and use.
These issues will be explored at the workshop by a panel of six
distinguished researchers, with contributions on linguistic,
philosophical, and psychological dimensions of the problem.
The event will begin at 12:50PM on Friday afternoon, and will take
place in the Baytree Conference Center, Room D. More information,
including a detailed program, can be obtained from Jim McCloskey
(mcclosk@ling.ucsc.edu), or on the web at:
http://ling.ucsc.edu/events/ellipsis.html.
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LSA REPORT by Chris Potts
Numerous UCSC linguists took the stage at this year's Annual Meeting of
the LSA, in Atlanta, January 5--9. Many others were on hand as organizers
and participants.
Adam Albright opened Saturday's first phonology session with 'Learning
nonlocal environments',reporting on joint work with Bruce Hayes (UCLA).
Emily Manetta was one of the organizers of the symposium Practical
Approaches to Incorporating Linguistic Diversity into Linguistics Courses.
As part of the symposium, Jorge Hankamer spoke on the difficulties of
using data from nonstandard dialects in problem-driven courses like those
in UCSC's syntax sequence.
Chris Potts presented 'Model theory and output--output correspondence',
with coauthor Geoff Pullum on hand to field tough questions. The talk
drew from Chris and Geoff's paper 'Model theory and the content of OT
constraints', to appear in Phonology.
Geoff was of course only moonlighting as a phonologist. He also presented
'Anomalous adjectives and prepositions in English', joint work with Rodney
Huddleston (U. of Queensland) that grew out of their collaboration on the
Cambridge Grammar of the English Language.
Adam Ussishkin (UCSC Ph.D.; now at U. of Arizona) and Andy Wedel jointly
presented 'Gestural motor programs account for asymmetries in loanword
adaptation patterns'. The talk was professional and well received. Adam
and Andy were also far and away the best-dressed linguists in Atlanta this
winter.
There were also many UCSC alumni on hand: Chris Barker (UCSD) chaired two
semantics sessions; Eric Bakovic (Rutgers) discussed electronic archiving
during the symposium on academic publishing; and Jason Riggle (UCLA)
presented 'Infixation in Pima reduplication and its theoretical
consequences'. Former UCSC visiting professor Jen Smith (now at UNC) gave
'The formal and the functional in onset sonority constraints'. Suzanne
Lyon, Ted Fernald (Swarthmore), Eric Potsdam (U. of Florida), and Nathan
Sanders attended as well.
So UCSC enjoyed a strong presence at the podium. But not only there.
Rumor has it that the UCSC-organized party, held (or at least begun) in
the presidential suite (natch), raged until 5 am.
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CALL FOR PAPERS
Eleventh Manchester Phonology Meeting
22-24 MAY 2003
Deadline for abstracts: Sunday 23 February 2003
Special session: 'Historical Phonology and Phonological Theory'
Held at the University of Manchester, UK; organized in collaboration with
Edge Hill College, the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, the Université
Toulouse-Le Mirail and the Université Montpellier-Paul Valery
Conference website:
http://www.edgehill.ac.uk/acadepts/humarts/english/11mfm.html
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CALL FOR PAPERS
The 10th (2003) Harvard Biennial International Symposium On Korean Linguistics (Harvard ISOKL-2003)
July 11-13 (Friday through Sunday), 2003
at Harvard University
Deadline for submissions: March 15, 2003
E mail: kuno@fas.harvard.edu
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New in the LRC Library:
English Linguistics. November 2002. Vol. 19, No. 2. Journal of the English Linguistic Society of Japan.
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Psychology Department
Colloquium Series
Social Sciences 2, 121
3:30-5:00 pm
Cognitive Program: Friday, January 17
Clark Barrett, Dept. of Anthropology, UCLA
"The Enzyme Model of Cognitive Modularity"
Anyone needing special arrangements to accommodate a disability is encouraged to call 459-5084.